COURTHOUSE — A Lansdale man who robbed a Norristown Citgo of $300 will spend at least five years in prison.

Nathaniel Harper, aka “Mugga Mills,” age 20, of the 900 block of West Third Street, Lansdale, pleaded guilty to robbery, criminal conspiracy and weapons offenses in Montgomery County Court Tuesday.

Harper was sentenced to five to 10 years behind bars by Judge Garrett D. Page and ordered to pay back the $300 he stole from the gas station at 1703 Markley St. He also agreed to cooperate with authorities in testifying truthfully against two other defendants connected to the June 5, 2012 incident.

According to court documents, police responded around 12:19 a.m. to the report of an armed robbery in progress at the Citgo.

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Upon arrival, police spoke with the cashier, who described two suspects, one of whom was dressed in a brown, hooded sweatshirt with an Adidas logo and black sweatpants with white stripes on the sides. This suspect reportedly walked up to the cashier counter and displayed a black handgun. The other suspect, who carried a black backpack and wore a gray hooded sweatshirt, grabbed the money from the register and stashed it in the backpack. Both suspects then fled the store.

Video surveillance showed a third suspect entering the store, looking around and then leaving, as well as all three suspects leaving the building.

Days later, on June 21, police made a routine traffic stop of two males leaving the 100 block of West Main Street, one of whom was Harper. Both told police they lived on the block, and Harper’s companion was “continually shaking,” according to police.

A Facebook picture of Harper shows him holding a revolver, also dressed in the same type of brown, hooded sweatshirt with the Adidas logo worn by one of the participants in the robbery.

On June 28, police executed a search warrant at the house of Harper’s on West Main Street and apprehended him. Harper is not old enough to carry a licensed firearm.

“This means that when you commit an armed robbery in Norristown, you know it’s serious and will be spending a good amount of time in prison as a result,” said Assistant District Attorney Gabriel Magee. “I think this was a very solid case with a lot of really hard work done by Detective (Adam) Schurr, Norristown police, and I think the defendant was resigned to the fact that he was going to state prison.”

Harper was initially charged with 15 criminal counts, in addition to robbery, including theft, receiving stolen property, possessing an instrument of crime, simple assault and disorderly conduct. The additional charges were later dropped.